# How do I organize facts and ideas for my nonfiction book before I'm ready to write an outline?

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**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/how-do-i-organize-facts-and-ideas-for-my-nonfiction-book-before-im-ready-to-write-an-outline/135956/8 "2023-09-07T16:27:21Z")

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> [@jbobles](#):
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> how do you color-code your characters

For labels :

> [@Setting up labels for color coding binder documents](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/setting-up-labels-for-color-coding-binder-documents/132269):
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> [image] [image] Double click the color dot: [image] [image] Pick your color. Ok, Ok → Exit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [image] [image] . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple binder selection: [image] Right-click: [image] Document(s) selected: [image] Document(s) not selected: [image] . . . . . . . . . . . . → Once designed, a set of labels can be saved as part of a project template, as well as be dragged from one project’s settings’ label tab to another. wink . .…

> [@Labels do not work](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/labels-do-not-work/134037/2):
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> Hi llui20 Welcome to the forum. slight_smile [image] That is my current setup. For the icons, check the second option. It is pretty self-explanatory. wink Simply because it is user defined. There is plenty of reasons one could come up with for wanting the label, yet not the color… In other words, labels are much more than just a color tag.

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→ You may also code your binder documents using icons.  
 ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/f/cf731d0ff729e482acf9bdc84b4a9ca92f2314ab.png)

(These are custom made. Pretty easy to design yours. Color, or shape, or color and shape.)  
 _→ And Scrivener has, of course, already a good bunch._

Here are a few that I designed for myself – should they get you closer to what you want (I made them bold on purpose) – and that are free of any license/copyright.

> **Custom icons**
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> ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/2/72fb54a003361f483969bfeaf5db99ff6abbc8f6.png)

[Vince’s custom icons.zip](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/short-url/2AQ74LJgHxYOkSyvwzNzDXWRUFT.zip) (213.9 KB)

You just need to either import them via the icon manager in Scrivener, or simply dump them all in this folder :  
 ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/5/a/5ab7c59c910d0a61042e591adfd0acae50e190f3.png)

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